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Remembering Cinerama (Part 40: Calgary)

The following is Part Forty in a series of retrospectives on Cinerama, the legendary motion picture process that kicked off the widescreen revolution. The series focuses on providing a market-by-market historical record of when and where Cinerama and its multi-panel clones were exhibited. The easy-to-reference articles serve to provide nostalgia to those who experienced the Cinerama presentations when they were new and to highlight the movie palaces in which the memorable screenings took place.

KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA
Theater: North Hill
Premiere: August 6, 1969
Duration: 6 weeks
Format: Cinerama (70mm)
Hype: “The New CINERAMA hurls you into the incredible day that shook the earth to its core!”

THIS IS CINERAMA (Re-Issue)
Theater: North Hill
Premiere: August 3, 1973
Duration: 1 week
Format: Cinerama (70mm)
Hype: “THIS IS CINERAMA Is Back To Entertain A Whole New Generation”

NOT SHOWN IN CINERAMA IN THE CALGARY MARKET:
THIS IS CINERAMA original 3-strip version
CINERAMA HOLIDAY
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
SEARCH FOR PARADISE
WINDJAMMER
SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE
HOLIDAY IN SPAIN
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM (35mm general release)
HOW THE WEST WAS WON (35mm general release)
THE BEST OF CINERAMA
IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (35mm general release)
CIRCUS WORLD (35mm general release)
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (35mm general release)
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL (35mm general release)
BATTLE OF THE BULGE (35mm general release)
KHARTOUM (35mm general release)
RUSSIAN ADVENTURE
CUSTER OF THE WEST (35mm general release)

Compiled by Bill Kretzel & Michael Coate

Reference: The Calgary Herald

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Comments (2)

Calgary sets 3 records with this listing….for the shortest runs. The runs of MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY, GRAND PRIX and the 70mm version of THIS IS CINERAMA had 1 week runs…no one can beat that, they can only tie.

If you were a CINERAMA fan in Calgary, you sure needed to move fast in order not to miss things. I guess Mike is getting down to some of the smaller locations now.

Congratulations, Mike, on bringing us 40 CINERAMA cities! Many of us out here appreciate it very much.

While most of the major markets have been accounted for, there still are a few biggies remaining, like Seattle and Cleveland.

I just realized with the Calgary posting that the series started one year ago to the week. Which means that there has been a new entry in the series posted on average every week and a half. Not bad when you consider I originally planned only a few postings as a test and most of the info has NEVER BEFORE BEEN PUBLISHED ANYWHERE.